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Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Galmey (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Galmey. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Galmey is located in Hickory County.

To see how the shape of Missouri's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Hickory County: Benton, Camden, Dallas, Polk & Saint Clair.

Below are the counties that are near Galmey. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Galmey:

  • Hickory County     (The home county of Galmey)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Galmey, with the one closest to Galmey listed first.
    • Hermitage
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Wheatland
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Elkton
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Nemo
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Pittsburg
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Preston
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Quincy
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Quincy is located in Hickory County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
    • Weaubleau
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Cross Timbers
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Avery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Benton County
  • Camden County
  • Cedar County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Galmey, with the one closest to Galmey listed first.
    • Caplinger Mills
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Stockton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Lebeck
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Umber View Heights
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Umber View Heights is located in Cedar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Umber View Heights
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
  • Dade County
  • Dallas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Galmey, with the one closest to Galmey listed first.
    • Urbana
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Louisburg
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Tunas
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Tunas is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunas
    • Westfield
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Leadmine
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Buffalo
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Celt
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Windyville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Windyville is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windyville
  • Henry County
    • Tightwad
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Tightwad is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tightwad
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
  • Polk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Galmey, with the one closest to Galmey listed first.
    • Sentinel
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Flemington
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Flemington is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flemington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
    • Rondo
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Polk
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Polk is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
    • Humansville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Goodson
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Dunnegan
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Dunnegan is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnegan
    • Bolivar
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Halfway
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Halfway is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
    • Fair Play
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Aldrich
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Wishart
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Saint Clair County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Galmey, see our County-by-County Page for Galmey.

Cemeteries Near Galmey ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Galmey.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Galmey - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Galmey covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Galmey, with the one closest to Galmey listed first.

  • Carter Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Dooley Bend Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Dorman Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Gardner Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Leiman Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Liberty Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Cook Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Saap Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Pitt Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Hermitage Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Rountree Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Sumner Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (251 more) ...
    • Antioch Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Pitts Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Stewart Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<2>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Galmey had a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Galmey, with the one closest to Galmey listed first.

  • Elkton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Hermitage
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Wheatland
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Pittsburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Sentinel
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Preston
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Rondo
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Quincy
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Quincy is located in Hickory County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
  • Weaubleau
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Terry
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Terry is located in Saint Clair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry
  • Polk
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Polk is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
  • Ingalls ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Ingalls is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingalls
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Galmey. See our List of 1890's Communities around Galmey.

Newspapers Published in Galmey ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 75 newspapers that have been published in the area around Galmey.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Galmey, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Galmey.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Galmey:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Galmey, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Galmey) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.